Our audience, it has been a more difficult process for classical music audiences around the world, and I'm not completely certain why.

Orphei Drängar possesses a combination of power, energy, and culture. Joy of discovery combined with professional technical and musical prowess.

When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.

I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.

Conducting was just something that happened by fluke.

I went to work one morning, and outside my door was Cindy Crawford in a black bra, and I thought that very clearly the building is making progress in integrating itself into various layers of our culture.

I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.